Letter to the Editor - 01-17-13

I was reading through your newspaper Monday night and was intrigued by your opinion page.

That was the one where you had the NRA coming through the wall with our Vice-President and the rest cowering under and at the table.

I don't know how your newspaper works now that it is not locally owned but it seems like lately there have been a few cartoons either bashing gun owners, guns or organizations that promote safe gun ownership.

First and foremost, let me state that I am appalled at all of the tragedies that have occurred recently. I can't imagine as a parent and a grandparent ever having to go through such an ordeal as the folks in Aurora and also Connecticut.

But I have a few questions that maybe you can answer for me about this whole gun control issue. If I am not mistaken, the young man in Connecticut broke numerous laws before he even got in contact with those poor victims. He shot and killed his mother; that is definitely against the law. He stole her guns; another law broken. He forced his way into the school; I think they call that breaking and entering, and then he started his carnage.

If these laws did not make an impact on him, what makes you think an assault weapons ban law of a 30 or 100 round clip law would have had any effect on him? It's just my opinion, but I have this feeling that criminals and nut jobs like this guy really don't care about laws of any kind.

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We, as a society, have got to figure out a way to make sure that they all know that for every action on their part will result in reaction on society's part. If that reaction involves measures such as the death penalty for crimes this atrocious, then I am all for it.

The only saving grace for the poor people in Connecticut is that they do not have to foot the bill for a trial to see if that guy is mentally incompetent.

But here in Colorado, we have to spend time and money on this orange-haired nut job because he did not kill himself. The whole issue, whether he is mentally stable or not, does not matter to me. I equate this young man to a rabid animal that we would find out in our rural area. What would we do to a rabid animal? We would immediately get rid of it. I know that probably goes against the thinking of some people but I would rather spend the money that is being spent on this nut job's trial and put it to a better use.

It seems that your newspaper could have a little more objectivity on this critical problem instead of constantly bashing gun rights and gun ownership. As a gun owner I firmly believe in the 2nd Amendment as much as your newspaper believes in the 1st Amendment.

Thank you,

Ed Churchwell

Brush

P.S. I think I read where Colorado Legislature is looking at doing away with the death penalty this year. Interesting indeed.

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